1 8 IN 1 WINTER. 



Every tanglewood is to them a city with its main 

 thoroughfares and side alleys, and it is this 

 knowledge that enables them to outwit their foes. 

 Within a few days, a skunk came boldly into the 

 yard, in broad daylight ; defied the dog by assum- 

 ing a bold front, and was making for the only 

 near place of safety within easy reach, when in 

 the yard, an opening under a side porch. By 

 mere accident only it was run down and killed. 

 This dreaded creature had evidently been belated, 

 and coming home after sunrise used wonderful 

 tactics when it encountered the dog. It played 

 with him. It ran this way and that, but never 

 far, and always faced the half-timid mastiff. It 

 shook its huge tail, bristled its long fur, snapped, 

 squeaked, and all the while approached in short 

 stages the porch. At last, seeing more than an 

 even chance of reaching it, the cunning creature 

 bolted, and I am almost sorry that it did not es- 

 cape. 



So, too, with our birds, Not all of them act 

 upon foreknowledge of a coming cold wave, and 

 temporarily migrate. On the other hand, had 

 they no places of refuge, the majority would 

 perish. No bird could have weathered the cold 

 cutting winds that prevailed last night, with the 

 air, too, at times, filled with stinging sleet. Yet, 

 hunt the country over, after such a night, and 

 how seldom will you find a dead bird lying upon 



